During an interview on CBS Mornings, Paula Devlin revealed to Gayle King that the holdout juror was a Black man.
The Lindsay Clancy trial, which captivated America for weeks, ended in a mistrial after a lone juror voted to find Clancy guilty of killing her three children.
Now, with the case on pause and going through appeals, one juror revealed who the lone holdout was, and what led to that juror’s decision to find Clancy guilty of first-degree murder, while the other 11 jurors argued she was not responsible for her children’s death.
In an interview with Gayle King on CBS Mornings, juror Paula Devlin gave insight into the lone juror’s decision and noted that the lone juror was the only Black person on the twelve-person jury.
“It was 8, 2 and 2,” Devlin told King regarding the initial vote to gauge whether Clancy should be found guilty or not. “Eight were leaning towards not responsible, two hadn’t decided and two thought guilty. I was leaning toward ‘not responsible’ based on all the evidence I had heard.”
During the interview, Devlin explained why a majority of the jury panel maintained their votes for not responsible and revealed key demographics about the jury’s makeup, from race to age range. While the jury featured nine women and three men, Devlin revealed the lone holdout, which ultimately led to a mistrial, was a Black man.
The much-publicized trial ended last Friday after jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict after more than a week of deliberation. Devlin said eleven jurors voted that Clancy was not responsible, while the lone holdout voted that she was guilty of first-degree murder.
Over the course of the trial, the jurors heard various details of postpartum psychosis and how there were few signs or indicators that Clancy might be going through a breakdown. That evidence, according to Devlin, was something she believes the juror took into account regarding his vote.
“That was one of his main points. That she could do this, one at a time and then do all the steps she did to go commit suicide,” she said. “We all worked together, and I don’t know if it was to convince him to start with, but we worked together to convince ourselves. Even in normal conversation, when it’s pointed at you and you have to defend yourself, it’s a hard thing to do.”
Despite their convincing, the juror maintained his guilty vote.
Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, filed a motion on Thursday asking the judge to acquit Clancy and dismiss the case. In his own interview with CBS, Reddington said he hoped the trial would lead to a greater conversation about postpartum psychosis, something Devlin also agreed with, as she hoped justice for Clancy would be her getting the help she needed, as she was ignored twice by the Suicide Hotline.
“It’s so easy for people to say, ‘C’mon, you don’t hear voices, you’re lying, you’re evil.’ It’s easier to punish someone,” he said. “it would be so easy for a lot of people if we could just put Lindsay in jail and say she’s terrible, she’s evil and guilty. No one is discounting those children in reference to postpartum psychosis, the medical treatment, the lack thereof, psychiatric treatment, the lack thereof. The way we treat pregnant women that have babies, that have psychosis, that have an urge to hurt the child, knowing if they say to their doctor that I have these horrible thoughts, they’re going to lose their baby.”
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